Tuesday,
February 18, 2025
Year : 2, Issue: 25
ABC7: An NYPD detective was shot Tuesday morning during a police standoff with a barricaded suspect at an apartment building on the Lower East Side.
The officer has non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment where he was treated and released later in the afternoon. The first gunfire was shortly after 5 a.m., when police officers arrived to execute a search warrant at the city-run Vladeck Houses on Madison Street.
The suspect, later identified as 35-year-old Edwin Rivera, fired five to six rounds, hitting an officer’s ballistic shield. No officers were struck and they did not return fire.
Officers backed up and the suspect barricaded himself in the apartment, pushing a sofa against the door to block it. Hostage negotiators responded, and the decision was made at around 8:30 a.m. to make entry to the apartment.
Police say Rivera opened fire again, striking one of the officers in the shoulder. Officers returned fire, striking the suspect, who was then taken into custody. Both Rivera and officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Rivera is currently on parole and has a prior arrest for drugs. Police were investigating guns at the time of the search warrant.
